GRE Word List
PENDULOUS
poised without visible support
The meaning of the word pendulous is poised without visible support.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| restraint | an act of restraining : the state of being restrained |
| eschew | to avoid habitually especially on moral or practical grounds : shun |
| rhapsodize | to speak or write in a rhapsodic manner |
| sleazy | lacking firmness of texture : flimsy |
| paranoia | mental illness characterized by systematized delusions of persecution or grandeur usually without hallucinations |
| rationale | an explanation of controlling principles of opinion, belief, practice, or phenomena |
| sordid | marked by baseness or grossness : vile |
| affiliation | the state or relation of being closely associated or affiliated with a particular person, group, party, company, etc. |
| irreverence | lack of reverence |
| ablution | the washing of one's body or part of it (as in a religious rite) |